It took Ford’s purchase of the Italian Ghia styling house to kick-start its dream-car programmed again in the 1970s, Ghia’s creations for Ford (such as the Coins, Megasiar and Action) are described in the pages devoted to Ghia. Ford’s domestic US styling studios took longer to return to the dream-world.

Meanwhile, Ford’s European subsidiary started a trend of creating show cars that anticipated future production models with the Probe III in 1981. It was all but identical to die Ford Sierra, only the aerodynamic appendages being really different.